This collection will enhance your understanding of nine of the most significant people and movements in world history. In these volumes, history is told not merely as a collection of important facts and dates, but as an engaging narrative that has long-lasting consequences. Each volume is written by an internationally recognized expert who weaves together both the history and the legacy of the influential person or movement being studied. What is it about the lives and ideas expressed by these figures and developments that have endured for centuries and even millennia?
Key Features
Offers the essential information and significance of nine key people and historical movements in under 150 pages per volume
Provides chronologies at a glance for each person or movement, along with a glossary of key terms, and a list of helpful sources for further study
Specifies the historical and intellectual context in which each person or movement took shape